Senate roll call 1008 · 94th Congress · Jul 20, 1976
To table the kennedy motion to recommit to the finance committee H.R. 10612, with instructions to provide a substitute amendment containing only those provisio
On Jul 20, 1976, the Senate voted 64–28 (HR 10612). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–24, Republicans 30–4, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 members voted against their own party.
During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jul 20, 1976
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
H.R. 10612: A bill to reform the tax laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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